West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-02-24

Harmed. Wind. rain and mud - hs
weather continues very changoaUle Leie
Of late only changing every three hours
or oftener-The farmers are plowing,
clearing, making roads and sugar for a
livelihood nowadays. --.dany Cf the
good people Of Mt. Pleasant were at the
quarterly meeting ~ Mt. Moriah on the
18th and 18th ins, and during services
on Saturday evening tho church caught
fire and in the excitement to extiuguish
Il the stove pipe was thrown down aid
tine services had To be dispensed With.
The next quarterly meeting will be held
az the Mt. Pleasant NJ. r.. church on
a pril 9th and 7th -- we noticed i'm last
week : ARGUS a letter from Friendship
and how forc.bly some Of il would apply
To some Of our Ermers here We have
will not subscribe for our our county pa-
pers but will 90 to the post-onice and
take other persons papers out OF the Of
fee and read them, and II subscribers are
lucky enough TO get tier papers first
they get no satisfaction In getting 10
read them for is one wants TO see, ami
that one, and fUrther more If you do not
ask for them TO give your paper back, it
is doubtful whether you will ever get to
zee it again Some people are so foolish
as to think that publishers can live on
nothing. Shame on you Mr.. John
w. Titchenell is on the sick list at pres
emit Mi Rachel Freeland has return
oil 10 hpr homo mar Tarr. liz, Cipro ,,ttr
Iast.-MIss Matte Florence Metheny is
working for Mrs. Copeman, of near King
wood. Mr.. Troy ID. Meihony was over
TO MI. Moriah i'm company with Il. T..
Martin and brother II. g. Martin, trying
to catch some Martins for spling pets, but
we ara reliably informed that when day
light come they let them get away
Mrs. Hettie Fields, Of North Union, Val
ley District, has been visiting at Mr., and
Ms. Abraham Listens tho past week.
Mr. Clark Liston was visiting friends
and relatives in this section the past
week.-Our school is not progressing
as it should, some claiming that the teach
er is too severe on his scholars and there
fore when the teacher corrects one Of his
pupils, the parent gets mad and keeps
them at me.-Our Literary society is
in nouIshing condition. Subject for
next Tuesday evening, RcSoiUed, That
horses are more profitable to man than
cattle2 Tho society is i'm fourishing
condition, and its many sessions are
largely attended by ah.-Mr. j. NJ.
Gibson, our young pedagogue, is on the
sick list so that he has not been able 10
be in the school room ioI the past three
Or four days. In all probability he has
chosen tie measles for company, or at
least ii is not the "heart disease" as the
Friend ship correspondent would try TO
maks you believe.-Miss Bell McMil-
len, OF Valley, spent day or two in rur
midst the past week, Miss j IS one Of
Valleys most accOmpished young ladies',
Howard LiAtOn Is working for Mr.,
A. LhstOn at the present wriung.-Mr.
Newton Graham is working for Jno. II.
painting bis house. Mr.. Jack Smith.
Of this place will move to his fathers in
the course OF six weeks. II. ID. Methe-
ny owns the fifty dollar dog.-The
sheep run over Miss Matte G.. Liston
from which she wears some few
scars.-- W no is it that has agreed to pay
CLANCY Martins fine if he wou.d whip
Joel Thcheuell
OCCASIONAL.